The Tingler (1959)

  • NR
  • 07/29/1959 (US)
  • Horror, Science Fiction
  • 1h 22m

Ghastly Beyond Belief!

Overview

A pathologist experiments with a deaf-mute woman who is unable to scream to prove that humans die of fright due to an organism he names The Tingler that lives within each person on the spinal cord and is suppressed only when people scream when scared.

Robb White

Screenplay

William Castle

Director

Cast

Vincent Price's headshot

Vincent Price

Dr. Warren Chapin
Philip Coolidge's headshot

Philip Coolidge

Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins
Judith Evelyn's headshot

Judith Evelyn

Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins
Darryl Hickman's headshot

Darryl Hickman

David Morris
Pamela Lincoln's headshot

Pamela Lincoln

Lucy Stevens
Patricia Cutts's headshot

Patricia Cutts

Isabel Stevens Chapin
William Castle's headshot

William Castle

Prologue Host (uncredited)
Bob Gunderson's headshot

Bob Gunderson

Ryerson - Screaming Convict (uncredited)

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